Meet Recraft V4 Styles

Bring in any reference and every image you generate next holds true to it, running on the same design taste and art-directed judgment that defines Recraft's models. A style is only useful if it survives contact with a second image, then the third, and then the fourth, and so on. V4 Styles treats a reference as a blueprint for many images, not a one-off you rebuild from scratch each time. Try our V4 Styles live demo page today.

Switch mediums, keep the discipline.

Flat and graphic works too.

It's the same matching story whether you're working in photography, character design, or flat illustration.

Tested against 7 models, preferred 92% of the time

In third-party blind comparison testing run on August 14, 2026, evaluators chose V4 Styles matches over 7 other leading models, 92% of the time.

See the work for yourself and judge

Recraft V4 Styles vs Nano Banana

In this whimsical Wes-Anderson-like collection, V4 Styles hold the look consistently across all generations. But as you can see with Nano Banana, after a few images, it starts to fade. It looses its fantasticalness by dripping in slowly images that do not belong there, like the race-car driver who looks almost...too real.
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This soft, girlypop pastel world is replicated in V4 Styles. Nano Banana ventures out far for this one. Perhaps the vibes are there, but the style, the gradient, the brushstrokes...they've completely gone "poof!"

Olive-toned and kind of, pixelated? This unique style is captured through different lenses in this photo collection. V4 Styles replicates even the exact type of pixelated view that the reference image gives. And although Nano Banana is consistent here, it looks much more like it came from a combo of this reference's world and the Matrix.

Recraft V4 Styles vs Midjourney

Moody, hipster, and reminiscent of an Arizona sunset? V4 Styles locks in on this style to the tee. Midjourney creates a collection of truly beautiful images that do match the vibe and have the same texture, but it misses the color palette entirely.

Midjourney locks in on the color here, but it misses texture of the porcelian doll aesthetic. Both are beautiful, but one follows the references precisely.

Any reference, from anywhere

To get started, plug in any reference. It can be a brand book, an illustration, a photoshoot you love, or a screenshot you saved once: attach it and generate immediately. No training required.

One reference works, 10 sharpens it

A single reference is enough to start. But you can add up to 10 more. Similar images sharpen the match, and diverse ones widen the range.

With one reference, the model will lock on the tiny details of that one image, replicating the style again and again.

So, if you want the model to branch out a little and have a bit of diversity to its outputs, feed it a few more images.

Two ways to match a style

V4 Styles covers both ends of the job. Precise holds every detail: rendering technique, color, composition, and lighting. Flexible gives the model slightly more liberty for when the mood matters more than the exact blueprint.

Built on what design professionals recognize as quality

Recraft models are calibrated against the judgment of working designers, not benchmark scores alone. That is the difference between an image that looks right and one that is right.

Start creating your style on the V4 live demo page today.